“The total amount of the reward money reflects the resolve of the SPCA and the community to find the perpetrators of one of the worst cases of animal cruelty Westchester County has ever known,” said Shannon Lakhuf, Executive Director of the SPCA of Westchester.

Butler is a member of legendary heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Rewards are also being offered by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA, the Defense of Animals Fund and Alley Cat Allies.

“It is so tragic that we have human beings among us that are capable of committing such a heinous and heartless crime,” said Butler. “Surely there is someone out there that knows who has done this. Please do the right thing and come forward to get this coward off the streets.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Yonkers police at 914-377-7724 or the SPCA’s Animal Cruelty Hotline at 914-941-7797.